48 LETTERS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN. 



keeping the heels down and toes up. Riding home from hunting 

 at a walk, kick the feet out of the stirrups and cover some 

 distance without them. You will soon feel you are getting 

 into the right place in the saddle. 



There are some riders who stick on as if nailed to the 

 saddle, by sheer strength of grip, and haul the horse about 

 by force of arm. They turn a well mannered, generous 

 horse into a sulky puller in no time. What is wanted is a 



MEN ON HORSES RETAIN THE PIGSKIN IN THE MOST 

 REMARKABLE POSITIONS. 



firm, yet pliant, seat in the middle of the saddle, with heel, 

 knee and shoulder in more or less one upright line. If you 

 sit too far back, out go your legs like the shafts of a cart, and 

 the pressure of the leg behind the girth cannot be applied as it 

 should be for almost everything you want a horse to do. 

 Men on horses retain the pigskin in the most remarkable 

 positions. They ride all their lives in postures which are 



